STAGE TUBE: New Clip from Ben Rimalower's PATTI ISSUES at the Duplex

When Ben Rimalower was eight years old, his father came out of the closet and embarked on a drug-fueled tear that left his family in tatters. Amid the chaos of his young life, Ben found comfort-like so many gay boys before him and after-in musical theater, and specifically in the transportive voice of Broadway star Patti LuPone.

Get a preview of Rimalower's show PATTI ISSUES in this new clip below!

Patti Issues marks Rimalower's debut as a playwright and performer, after serving as the director of numerous Off-Broadway plays, concerts and all-star benefits (and blogging for the Huffington Post). With a mix of comic irreverence, stark candor and show-biz bravado, Patti Issues poignantly explores the challenges facing LGBT parents and children while shining unique light on gay men's time-old obsessions with divas.

Ben Rimalower: Patti Issues, directed by Aaron Mark (Random Unrelated Projects, Commentary), is performed at The Duplex (61 Christopher Street, at Seventh Avenue) on Sunday, October 28th at 4:00 PM and Thursday, November 1st at 9:30 PM PLUS SPECIAL ADDED PERFORMANCES Wednesday, November 7th at 9:30 PM, Saturday, November 17th at 4PM, Wednesday, November 28th at 9:30 PM, Thursday, December 6th at 9:30 PM, Wednesday, December 12th at 9:30 PM, Friday, December 21st at 9:30 PM, Saturday, December 22nd at 9:30 PM, Friday, December 28th at 9:30 PM and Saturday, December 29th at 9:30 PM.

Aaron Mark is the writer/director of three independent feature films, Random Unrelated Projects (Best Experimental Feature, NYIFF), Zbornik Developing, and most recently, Commentary. His play Failed Suicide Attempts was presented by The Blank Theatre in Hollywood as part of their Living Room Series and seven of his other plays have received readings in New York in the last four years. He directed Hedwig and the Angry Inch twice at New World Stages for BC/EFA, Space Oddity/Ziggy Stardust at the Producer's Club, and will soon premiere a series of his new plays at Barboncino in Crown Heights. He is twenty-five years old and does not have aaronmark.com because it belongs to a German gay porn star with the same name. For more about Aaron, visit aaronmark.net.